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    Thinking about goats, I’ve got some ideas any input or suggestions would be appreciated!

    So I’ve been thinking about getting goats. I show chickens through 4-H and I want to try something new and I’ve settled on goats. I want to get a Pygmy pair and breed them so I can exibit and sell the babies in my local fair. I want to try something like this house but put a full plywood back on...
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    Light x dark Brahma, auto sexing???

    Hey guys! I just grabbed some chicks from a woman on facebook and I realized a little to late the light Brahma I grabbed was a cockerel. I have a 14 week old dark Brahma pullet and I’m wondering what would happen if I crossed them? I saw a post and from what I gathered the mixes auto-sex...
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    Narrowing down my flock (project that will continue until August I don’t even know where to start)

    So I have about 30 chicks right now give or take a few I have to count them again. The youngest are 2 weeks to 4 weeks to 8 weeks to 10 weeks. After predators wiped out my entire flock I fell victim to chicken math. So I have a two cream legbars and two hampbars all two weeks then I have about...
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    Concerned about blue Andalusians

    So I bought two BBS Andalusians from Meyer hatchery they are both 4 weeks old so I noticed off the bat that they both had different shades of blue on them I thought they would grow out of it. But I took a closer look at them today and I think the darker one could be a cockerel. I’ve attached...
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    Cochin SOP breeding, advice?

    I have 8 black bantam Cochins 4 cockerels and 4 pullets. I intend on breeding them to the SOP but some of them carry some pretty interesting genes. There father was a black silked cochin roo there mothers were a mottled Cochin bantam and what I assume is a frizzed calico Cochin. (I’ll attach...
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    6 week RIR pullet or cockerel

    I have a RIR I got from southern states. It has a larger comb but no wattel. I know this breed develops faster I just want to know if this is normal for a pullet or not
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    What’s up with my cochin?

    I have an 8 week old cochin cockerel that has this weird leg issue. Is it splay leg that I didn’t catch when he hatched or did he dislocate it? Is his leg salvageable? Could it kill him?
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    Need help IDing three chicks

    I ordered some chicks from Meyer hatchery and I’ve been able to figure out who’s who except for these three. There are two BBS Andalusians and my extra chick who I think is an australorp. They all have pink feet and black legs. Chick #1 Chick#2 Chick #3
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    Out for the day!

    Took the chicks out of the brooder today🥰
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    Concerned about a Cochin cockerel

    One of my six week old cochins is acting strange. I just got back from vacation and I noticed he kept hiding in the corner of the brooder I just went outside and he was laying like he was dead but once I picked him up he perked up. He has a small scratch or something on his comb and I’m...
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    Baby Cochins hatching! Need some names!!!

    I recently got my hands on a dozen cochin hatching eggs. Some will be frizzled some will be smooth feathered and I think some will have the silk feather type. I need some names for the little babies, so far I’ve come up with Albert (Einstein) and Miss Frizzle. Here’s a picture of there parents...
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    Bantam hatching when to put on lockdown

    I've got a dozen frizzled Cochin hatching eggs in my incubator, three are duds so I've got 9 fertile eggs. I've seen some thing that say you need to put them on lock down on day 16 which I've just remembered is today. The lady I bought the eggs from told me hers have always hatched closer to day...
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    I have way to many chicks

    I have two 7 week old EE's that I'm pretty sure are both cockerels that I hatched out on Christmas. I also have three chicks I bought from rural king on January 27th. I've got the smaller chicks in my brooder and the cockerels in a bucket both in the garage. This is working fine in the mean time...
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    Cockerel or Pullet 99% sure I’m right just looking for second opinions.

    So I have four 6 week old chicks. I’m 99% sure I sexed them right I’m just double checking. #1 Marjorie Evans (EE) Pullet #2 Bette (Light Brahma) Pullet #3 Fran (Golden laced Wyandotte) Pullet #4 Sylvia (silver laced Wyandotte) Cockerel What do you think?
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    Blue wheaten amerucana

    So this is my baby boy Romeo. He had a black amerucana sister (Juliet) she passed away. I bought him as a blue amerucana to breed with his sis for blue and black. But that went away. Before I splurged on another breeding he I wanted to make sure I got the right one. I’ve been wondering if he’s a...
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    Ofical Swifty thread!!!!!!!

    I have yet to see a tread deticated to the wonderful Taylor Swift! I know you are out there come all Swifty’s to the official BYC swifty thread!!!!!
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    No shell?

    I found an egg without a shell today. Is this just something that will happen? My hens are mostly free range and they have oyster strong feed.
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    Were in the show!

    Today I checked 4 chickens into my local show! I have my RIR, Buff Orpington, Splash Marans, and Blue laced red Wyandotte. I’m super excited to see how well they do. This isn’t an APA show so I don’t have to enter standers breed birds. This will be a great experience for my first show!
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    The brink of madness gahhhh

    I have 5 17-18 week old pullets there developing combs surely but veryyyyyyyy slowly. I have a pea combed one a rose combed one and a firbo so I have no clue where they are in the process. I’m going crazy I’m on the brink of madness. Help!
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    Can I keep bantams with my LF hens?

    Ok heres the deal the pull of cute little silkies has gotten to me I have found myself scrolling through pictures and variations of silkies. I want them sooooooo much. For my spring order I want to have either splash silkie, white silkie and porcelain d'uccle or splash silkie, porcelain and...
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